CFT's from Calabi-Yau four-folds

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00373-4zbMath0984.81143arXivhep-th/9906070OpenAlexW3105929362WikidataQ127016060 ScholiaQ127016060MaRDI QIDQ5934970

Cumrun Vafa, Edward Witten, Sergei Gukov

Publication date: 14 May 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9906070

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32)

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